Batehaven

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,750 people in Batehaven of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Batehaven was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.1% of the population.

Of people in Batehaven aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Batehaven was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Batehaven, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Batehaven was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Batehaven 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Batehaven were English 32.0%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.2%.

In Batehaven, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Croatia 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Batehaven, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Batehaven were Anglican 28.4%, Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 16.5%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Batehaven 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Croatian 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.5% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 595 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Batehaven. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Batehaven, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Batehaven was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Batehaven included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Labourers 15.1%, Sales Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Managers 13.2%, Professionals 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Batehaven, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.9%, Accommodation 6.4%, Residential Care Services 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Batehaven was $406.

In Batehaven, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 4.5%, Truck 1.7% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Batehaven, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.5% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Batehaven, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Batehaven, 28.5% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Batehaven 12.7% of single parents were male and 87.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Batehaven, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,386 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Batehaven, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Batehaven, 67.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batehaven, 69.0% were separate houses, 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Batehaven, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batehaven, 40.4% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Batehaven, of all households, 62.3% were family households, 34.6% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Batehaven, 39.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Batehaven, 49.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Batehaven, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 47.6%) were male and 33 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 17 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Batehaven, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Batehaven, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $347.